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ATTORNE United States Patent 3,377,628 HEADPIECE Jorge R. Le Sante, 181SE. Sth Ave., Hialeah, Fla. 33010 Filed Feb. 9, 1966, Ser. No. 526,288 4Claims. (Cl. 2-207) This invention relates to a he'address, and, moreparticularly, to a headdress which may be worn either in a turban styleor a bandanna style and which will remain in place on the head of awearer irrespective of which style in which it is worn.

It is an object of this invention to provide a colorful and, wheredesired, a waterproof headdress which includes a skull cap adapted tohold the outer panel in position on the head of a wearer.

It is another object of this invention to provide an attractiveheaddress which may be worn either in a bandanna or turban style andwhich is inexpensive to manufacture, remains in position on the head ofa wearer and is otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which it isintended.

`In accordance with these and other objects which will become apparenthereinafter, the instant invention will now be described with referenceto the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a wearer of the instant head-piece andshowing it in turban style in solid lines and in dotted lines showing itin a bandanna style of application;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the headdress as seen in frontelevation and shown in the position in which it would drape on the headof a wearer;

FIG. 3 is a view of the headdress as seen in plan when laid flat on asurface;

FIG. 4 is a view in cross section taken along the plane of the lineindicated by the numeral 4-4 of `FIG. 2 and looking in the direction ofthe arrows; and

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cup-shaped head piece before it is formedas to which will be explained.

Referring to the drawings, whereinl like reference characters designatelike or corresponding parts, and referring particularly to FIG. 1, theheaddress piece is indicated by the numeral '12 and, as can be seen inFIG. 3, includes a triangular-shaped pliable sheet of cloth material 14and a cup-shaped headpiece 16. The triangular sheet 14 is one-half of asquare and, thus, the height h is oneJh'alf of the base b. The marginaledges of the sheet are folded under and stitched as along the dottedlines .18 to define finished edges. The cup-shaped headpiece 16 isfastened medially along one-third of the base length of the sheet. Theheadpiece is lfashioned from a rectangular planar sheet of foammaterial, the main length of the sheet being one-third of the baselength of the triangular sheet and of a height which is one-half thelength of the rectangular sheet. Thus, the rectangular sheet may beviewed as two square sections of foam material with the median heightline being coincident and overlaying a portion of the altitude of thetriangular sheet such that a diagonal of each of the square sectionsfrom the corner of connection to the triangular sheet would intersect atthe edge of the rectangular sheet at the median height line. Therectangular sheet is provided with a cutout 22 in the opposite edge 24to that 26 connected to the base of the triangular sheet which cutout isrectangular in form and with the sides thereof parallel to the sides ofthe rectangular sheet and a base edge 46 parallel to the opposing baseedges of the rectangular sheet. The depth of the cutout is such that theopposing sides extend depthwise into the fo'am material to theintersection with the diagonal lines, and the base of the 3,377,628Patented Apr. 16, 1968 cutout is made Ibetween the two intersections ofthe diagonal lines. The rectangular sheet is then folded along thediagonal fold lines so that the corners 34 and 36 are folded intoover-laying relation with the base line corners 38 and 40. It is thusseen that when folded the edges 42 and 44 will be adjacent one anotherand the side edges of the cutout will be coincident with the base edge46 and when the confronting top edges 42 and 44 of the planer sheet arestitched together along the seam line 45 and the base edge 46 of thecutout is stitched to the sides of the cutout along the seam line 47, apocket will be defined to form a generally cup-shaped headpiece,

In use, the wearer merely positions the skull or headreceivingreceptacle on the head and then the corner may be tied under the chin tothe other corner and the remaining corner allowed to drape on thepersons neck as indicated in FIG. l, or, alternatively, the turban stylemay be employed by tying the ends under the wearers chin and tucking thecenter corner beneath the tied portion. It will be noted that the seamsare interiorly disposed in the head-receiving receptacle and that theexterior of the cupshaped piece over which the material lays will besmooth and that the cupshaped piece will define a pleasing andattractive underlaying surface to provide a well-shaped foundation forthe outer piece on the head of the wearer. Further, the material beingof foam, it will hold itself in place on the head of a wearer as thereis a high frictional interengagement between the hair of a wearer andthe porous foam material. In addition, there may lbe applied awater-resistant treatment or layer on the exterior surface of the clothso that the device may be worn in the rain without the wearers hairbecoming wet.

While the instant invention has been shown and described herein in whatis conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it isrecognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of theinvention, which is therefore not to be limited to the details disclosedherein but is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as toembrace any and all equivalent apparatus and articles.

What is claimed is:

1. A headpiece comprising: a triangular shaped pliable sheet of clothmaterial, the height being at least one-half the base length and saidbase length having a length which is adapted to encompass the peripheryof the face of a normal sized head of a wearer, the marginal edges ofsaid sheet being folded and stitched thereto forming a smooth peripheraledge about said sheet, a generally cupshaped headpiece, said headpiececomprising a planer foam panel having a high friction producing forcewhen in contact with the human hair to hold it in position on the headof a wearer, said -panel having parallel opposing side and base edgesand having right angles between each base and side edge, said panelhaving a 4base length twice the side length, one base edge being securedalong its length along approximately the medial one-third of an edge ofthe base edge of the triangular shaped pliable sheet, said panel havinga cutout formed in the opposing base edge with the center line of thecutout lbetween the opposing edges thereof being coincident with thecenter line of the panel between the base edges, said cutout having sideedges parallel to the opposing side edges of said planer foam panel anda base edge parallel to the base edges of said planer foam panel, theintersections of said parallel opposing side edges of the panel withsaid one base edge of said planer foam panel and the intersections ofsaid side edges of said cutout with the base edge of said cutoutdefining first and second diagonal fold zones therebetween, said planerfoam panel folded along said first and second diagonal fold zones withthe edges of the opposing base edge being in abutting relationship, withthe side edges of said cutout being aligned with the base edge )f saidcutout, the abutting edges of said opposing base :dge being securedtogether and the side edges of the :utout being secured to said baseedge of the cutout formng said generally cup-shaped headpiece.

2. A headpiece as set forth in claim 1 wherein said `heet isWater-impervious.

3. A headpiece as defined in claim 1 wherein the securenent which formsthe headpiece comprises stitching.

4. A headpiece as defined in claim 3 wherein marginal :dges of therplaner foam panel adjacent the stitching are lisposed Within saidcup-shaped headpiece have Ibeen Ldded.

4. References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,399,523 12/1921 Sable 2-2033,234,563 12/1966 Tabbat 2-171 FOREIGN PATENTS 844,881 7/1952 Germany.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

O G. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner.

1. A HEADPIECE COMPRISING: A TRIANGULAR SHAPED PLIABLE SHEET OF CLOTHMATERIAL, THE HEIGHT BEING AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE BASE LENGTH AND SAIDBASE LENGTH HAVING A LENGTH WHICH IS ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS THE PERIPHERYOF THE FACE OF A NORMAL SIZED HEAD OF A WEARER, THE MARGINAL EDGES OFSAID SHEET BEING FOLDED AND STITCHED THERETO FORMING A SMOOTH PERIPHERALEDGE ABOUT SAID SHEET, A GENERALLY CUPSHAPED HEADPIECE, SAID HEADPIECECOMPRISING A PLANAR FOAM PANEL HAVING A HIGH FRICTION PRODUCING FORCEWHEN IN CONTACT WITH THE HUMAN HAIR TO HOLD IT IN POSITION ON THE HEADOF A WEARER, SAID PANEL HAVING PARALLEL OPPOSING SIDE AND BASE EDGES ANDHAVING RIGHT ANGLES BETWEEN EACH BASE AND SIDE EDGE, SAID PANEL HAVING ABASE LENGTH TWICE THE SIDE LENGTH, ONE BASE EDGE BEING SECURED ALONG ITSLENGTH ALONG APPROXIMATELY THE MEDIAL ONE-THIRD OF AN EDGE OF THE BASEEDGE OF THE TRIANGULAR SHAPED PLIABLE SHEET, SAID PANEL HAVING A CUTOUTFORMED IN THE OPPOSING BASE EDGE WITH THE CENTER LINE OF THE CUTOUTBETWEEN THE OPPOSING EDGES THEREOF BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE CENTER